Mindful Walking Intervention for Physical Inactivity

NCT ID: NCT04277026

Last Updated: 2024-03-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 27 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-03-01
• Study Completion Date: 2023-11-05

Brief Summary

Mindful walking is a meditation practice that combines physical activity and mindfulness practice. The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions provided for increasing physical activity among adults with low physical activity levels. A randomized controlled trial design will be utilized, with an intervention and waitlist control group (N = 160). Outcomes measured include physical activity, sleep quality, and functional fitness. Participants will receive a total of eight sessions of 60-minute mindful walking training within four weeks. The intervention group will receive the training in Weeks 1-4 and the control group will receive the training during Weeks 5-8. Each training group will consist of up to 20 individuals. Data will be collected at baseline, four weeks, and eight weeks to determine the efficacy of the intervention.

Conditions

Physical Inactivity

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Mindful Walking

Eight weekly 60 minute mindful walking sessions involving observations of bodily sensations, experiences, and breath. Discussion of mindful walking experiences and encouragement to meet physical activity goals. The intervention will take place two times per week for four weeks (Weeks 1-4). During weeks 5-8 the experimental group will continue treatment as usual and will not be receiving the mindful walking intervention.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Mindful Walking

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eight weekly 60 minute mindful walking sessions involving observations of bodily sensations, experiences, and breath. Discussion of mindful walking experiences and encouragement to meet physical activity goals.

Control

Participants will engage in treatment as usual during the first four weeks and will not be receiving the experimental intervention (mindful walking) during weeks 1-4. After the experimental group completes the mindful walking intervention, the control group will complete the mindful walking intervention (weeks 5-8).

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Mindful Walking

Eight weekly 60 minute mindful walking sessions involving observations of bodily sensations, experiences, and breath. Discussion of mindful walking experiences and encouragement to meet physical activity goals.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 18 and above
• English speaking
• Literacy 6th grade and above
• Willingness to share contact information (home address, phone number)
• No current mindfulness practice
• Greenville residents or persons who are patients of the partnering organizations in the investigator's study.
• Self-reported physical activity level below the CDC recommended guidelines (150 minutes (2 hours and 30 minutes) a week of moderate-intensity, or 75 minutes (1 hour and 15 minutes ) a week of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity, or an equivalence combination of moderate- and vigorous intensity aerobic activity

Exclusion Criteria

• <18 years old
• Non-English-speaking
• Literacy lower than 6th grade
• Inability to attend intervention sessions
• Already completed or attending a mindfulness-based intervention
• Current pregnancy
• Current/past psychosis
• Acute episode of a substance use disorder (past two weeks)
• Acute episode of depression in the past two weeks
• Moderate to severe traumatic brain injury or brain damage
• Persistent antisocial behavior
• Persistent self-injury requiring clinical management
• Unable to engage for physical or practical reasons (e.g., disabling physical problems, unable to comprehend material)
• Dementia
• Suicidality
• Inability to do light walking for 10 mins at a stretch
• Severely obese BMI (>50 kg/m2)

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

YMCA

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Prisma Health-Upstate

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Clemson University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Heidi Zinzow

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Lu Shi, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Clemson University

Locations

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina, United States

Caine Halter Family YMCA

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Prisma Health-Upstate Internal Medicine Clinic

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

Pro00092710

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id